Its just a result of Bad Luck...He just happen to drive in a area where there thin ice , maybe a hundred feet long by 40 feet wide
Everywhere else in the Bay there is a good 10 inches or more
At the other end of the bay,,1000feet away there was 15 to 20 trucks all parked together on the ice
Why he went back to a motel and didn't phone the police right away ,kinda raises eyebrows though .